Global Patent Index - EP 2474291 A1

EP 2474291 A1 20120711 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS IN ORDER TO CONTROL A PROSTHETIC ARM

Title (en)

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS IN ORDER TO CONTROL A PROSTHETIC ARM

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERFASSUNG UND VERARBEITUNG VON MYOELEKTRISCHEN SIGNALEN ZUR STEUERUNG EINER ARMPROTHESE

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ D'ACQUISITION ET DE TRAITEMENT DE SIGNAUX MYOÉLECTRIQUES POUR LA COMMANDE D'UNE PROTHÈSE DE BRAS

Publication

EP 2474291 A1 20120711 (EN)

Application

EP 09849044 A 20090902

Priority

MX 2009000093 W 20090902

Abstract (en)

System for acquiring and processing myoelectric signals in order to control a prosthetic arm, comprising a pair of positioned in a muscle in the residual limb of an arm that has been amputate in order to detect myoelectric signals; an electrode positioned at a distance from said pair of electrodes, which acts as an earth system; a myoelectric signal conditioning means; and a prosthesis controlling and processing means which receives conditioned signals from the conditioning means. The prosthesis controlling and processing means includes a comparison means for comparing a muscle contraction time and a muscle contraction voltage with a threshold time and a threshold voltage, respectively; and an activation means for activating at once motor which produces a pre-determined movement of the prosthesis in response to an activation signal transmitted from the aforementioned comparison means. The electrodes provide the myoelectric signal for activating different movements of the prosthesis, without the electrodes hazing to be changed to another muscle.

IPC 8 full level

A61F 2/72 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61F 2/72 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2/54 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2002/701 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2011028087A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2474291 A1 20120711; BR 112012008097 A2 20160913; IN 2786DEN2012 A 20150724; US 2012232675 A1 20120913; US 8679192 B2 20140325; WO 2011028087 A1 20110310

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09849044 A 20090902; BR 112012008097 A 20090902; IN 2786DEN2012 A 20120402; MX 2009000093 W 20090902; US 200913393886 A 20090902